The IWF Executive Board carefully studied question of the participation of Russian weightlifters in the Olympic Games Rio. The study included the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s Independent Person (IP) Report by Prof. Richard McLaren.

Eight athletes were nominated by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to compete in the Rio Olympic Games weightlifting events.

Tatiana Kashirina’s and Anastasiia Romanova’s nominations were withdrawn by the ROC due to prior anti-doping rule violations.

"We would like to highlight the extremely shocking and disappointing statistics regarding the Russian weightlifters", reads the statement.